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This article offers a sample of basic Markdown formatting that can be used in Congo, also it shows how some basic HTML elements are decorated.

Markdown examples 🚀 #

Headings #

The following HTML <h1><h6> elements represent six levels of section headings. <h1> is the highest section level while <h6> is the lowest.

H1 #

H2 #

H3 #

H4 #

H5 #
H6 #

Paragraph #

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Blockquotes #

The blockquote element represents content that is quoted from another source, optionally with a citation which must be within a footer or cite element, and optionally with in-line changes such as annotations and abbreviations.

Blockquote without attribution #

Tiam, ad mint andaepu dandae nostion secatur sequo quae. Note that you can use Markdown syntax within a blockquote.

Blockquote with attribution #

Don’t communicate by sharing memory, share memory by communicating.
Rob Pike1

Tables #

Tables aren’t part of the core Markdown spec, but Hugo supports supports them out-of-the-box.

Name Age
Bob 27
Alice 23

Inline Markdown within tables #

Italics Bold Code
italics bold code

Code Blocks #

Code block with backticks #

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>Example HTML5 Document</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>Test</p>
  </body>
</html>
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Test file for Python syntax highlighting in editors / IDEs.
Meant to cover a wide range of different types of statements and expressions.
Not necessarily sensical or comprehensive (assume that if one exception is
highlighted that all are, for instance).
Extraneous trailing whitespace can't be tested because of svn pre-commit hook
checks for such things.
"""
# Comment
# OPTIONAL: XXX catch your attention
# TODO(me): next big thing
# FIXME: this does not work

# Statements
from __future__ import with_statement  # Import
from sys import path as thing

print(thing)

assert True  # keyword


def foo():  # function definition
    return []


class Bar(object):  # Class definition
    def __enter__(self):
        pass

    def __exit__(self, *args):
        pass

foo()  # UNCOLOURED: function call
while False:  # 'while'
    continue
for x in foo():  # 'for'
    break
with Bar() as stuff:
    pass
if False:
    pass  # 'if'
elif False:
    pass
else:
    pass

# Constants
'single-quote', u'unicode'  # Strings of all kinds; prefixes not highlighted
"double-quote"
"""triple double-quote"""
'''triple single-quote'''
r'raw'
ur'unicode raw'
'escape\n'
'\04'  # octal
'\xFF'  # hex
'\u1111'  # unicode character
1  # Integral
1L
1.0  # Float
.1
1+2j  # Complex

# Expressions
1 and 2 or 3  # Boolean operators
2 < 3  # UNCOLOURED: comparison operators
spam = 42  # UNCOLOURED: assignment
2 + 3  # UNCOLOURED: number operators
[]  # UNCOLOURED: list
{}  # UNCOLOURED: dict
(1,)  # UNCOLOURED: tuple
all  # Built-in functions
GeneratorExit  # Exceptions

Code block indented with four spaces #

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Example HTML5 Document</title>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Test</p>
</body>
</html>

Code block with Hugo’s internal highlight shortcode #

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Example HTML5 Document</title>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Test</p>
</body>
</html>

List Types #

Ordered List #

  1. First item
  2. Second item
  3. Third item

Unordered List #

  • List item
  • Another item
  • And another item

Nested list #

  • Fruit
    • Apple
    • Orange
    • Banana
  • Dairy
    • Milk
    • Cheese

Other Elements — abbr, sub, sup, kbd, mark #

GIF is a bitmap image format.

H2O

Xn + Yn = Zn

Press CTRL+ALT+Delete to end the session.

Most salamanders are nocturnal, and hunt for insects, worms, and other small creatures.

Alert #

Warning! This action is destructive! Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter.

Warning! This action is destructive!

Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter.

Badge #

New article! New article!

Button #

Call to action

Call to action

Lead #

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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  1. The above quote is excerpted from Rob Pike’s talk about nothing during Gopherfest, November 18, 2015. ↩︎